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"I supposed they were, sir." Captain Shuffles walked up to the capstan. Not a single pin was inserted. "Let your midshipman see that the bars are properly pinned and swiftered next time," said the commander, as he walked aft to resume his place on the quarter-deck. "Unship the bars!" said Leavitt; and they were restored to the rack, leaving everything as it was before the drill began.
Breast to breast, the two craft charged along, while two boats were lowered to the level of the main deck, and swiftered in to the rail. Sailors appeared from the doors in pairs, each carrying a box that taxed their strength and made them stagger. There were ten in all, and they slowly and carefully ranged them along the bottom of one of the boats, so as to distribute their weight.
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